Townhead is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1990. Farmhouse.
Townhead
- WRENN ID
- over-floor-bramble
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1990
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- NT 550 684
- Coordinates
- 55.90714, -2.71993
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Townhead is an earlier 19th century, two-storey T-plan farmhouse constructed from red sandstone rubble, featuring some harl pointing, with ashlar dressings and a base course.
The east-west wing has a deep-set door at the center of the south elevation, which is topped with a stone bracketed canopy and a fanlight. There are windows in the flanking bays and above in each bay on the first floor. The gable and elevations on the north side also include a window on each floor.
The north-south wing is attached to the rear of the east-west wing and is two bays deep with a gable. It has a lean-to porch located in the re-entrant angle to the west. The sash and case windows feature a 12-pane glazing pattern. The building is topped with ashlar coped skews and end stacks, and it has a grey slate roof.
Local climate
Townhead receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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